Abstract
The new version of the fire dynamics simulator, FDS version 3.01, is verified by a series of full-scale fire tests. Experiments are carried out in a compartment similar in size to the ISO-9705 room calorimeter. Gasoline pool fires of different diameters are used to give different heat release rates. The ventilation factors of the compartment are adjusted to produce flashover. Fire-induced flow, temperature, and pressure fields in these different physical scenarios are calculated using the FDS software. The predictions for temperature and radiative heat flux of a post-flashover fire in the specific configuration tested are in reasonably good agreement with experimental results even when the flame occupies most of the room volume.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 77-92 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Fire Protection Engineering |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2005 |
Keywords
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Flashover fires
- Large eddy simulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Chemical Health and Safety